NEWS BY CABLE.

Opunake Times, Volume VII, Issue 306, 13 August 1897, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

BRUTAL MURDER. Sydrey, August 9. A woman named Catherine Smith was found outside her tent at Manley where she resided with a man named Lewis. The latter said they had been drining together on Saturday night and that he struck Smith on the head and left her on the road. Afterwards he found her dead outside the tent. A post mortem showed death was due to violence. Lewis has been arrested. THE OWNERSHIP OF HAWAII. Washington, August 9. The Japanese Government has suggested to the United States Government that the King of the Belgians should be appointed to arbitrate in the Hawaiian dispute. THE RUSTCHUK EXPLOSION. Sofia, August 9. Later particulars of the explosion of the cartridge depot at Rustkchuk show that 130 persons were killed ; 130 injured. The victims were mostly women and children who were engaged in emptying old cartridges at the time of the explosion. Many were blown to atoms and others, ablaze, jumped into the the Danube and were drowned. ROYALTIES VISITING. St. Petersburg, August 10. A grand banquet was given in honor of the visit of the Emperor of Germany. The Czar, in proposing the health of Emperor William, referred to the traditional bond of friendship uniting the two empires in a policy of peace. The emperor William thanked the Czar for the affectionate and magnificent welcome extended. He expressed himself extremely gratified at bis appointment as honorary admiral in the Russian navy, and declares that Germany would give Russia the strongest support against any disturber of the peace of Europe. ENGLAND AND AMERICA. New York, August 12. The unreserved comments of Senator Sherman upon Britain and the policy of the late Premier Canovas in regard to Cuba is causing dismay in New York. The Evening Post says Sherman is showing senility and calls upon President McKinley to remove what is an intolerable scandal. Sherman has publicly repudiated the interview in which he was stated to have declared England quarrelled oftener than she fought, but the denial is generally discredited. PIRATES ATTA.CK. Sydney, August 12. Further details of the piratical attack on, the steamer Pegu show that Captain Ross and the engineer, Craigie, were at dinner when a Chinese passenger attacked them. Both men managed to reach the deck. Craigie got to the engine room, where he whs pursued. Ross was dismbowelled with a carving knife, and he was brutally hacked about by three Chinese. The passengers were killed. The pirates obtained £12,000 out of the safe and decamped. Of the fifteen men taken to the hospital one has since died. The Chinese got the weapons aboard concealed in the dress of a woman whom the captain did not think it necessary to search.